Details

The director, conductor, continuo player and cast are all members of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. The story depicts Orestes, son of the doomed Greek king Agamemnon and his treacherous wife Clytemnestra, discovering and recognizing his sister Iphigenia in a moment of high drama many years after the terrible events that have split the family apart.

Cast/Performers

Nick Fletcher (continuo), Angela Simkin (Oreste), Jennifer Davis (Ifigenia), Vlada Borovko (Ermione), Thomas Atkins (Pilade), Gyula Nagy (Filotete), Simon Shibambu (Toante)

Creatives/Company

Music: Handel
Producer: Royal Opera House
Director: Richard Gerard Jones
Design: Matt Carter
Company: Southbank Sinfonia
Conductor: James Hendry